"The wettest you could be was to sell beer and wine for on- or off-premises consumption and sell packaged liquors," Mr. Bright said.
He told the manager that the coolers were out and was told, "if you're selling beer for off-premises consumption, it can't be cold".
In Vega, just outside Amarillo, you can order a drink at Boot Hill Saloon and Grill, but you cannot buy liquor at a store, because alcohol sales for off-premises consumption are prohibited.
The ordinance would prevent the businesses from opening within 500 feet of a residential structure or property lines of a school, day-care center, senior center, restaurant or establishments that sell alcoholic beverages other than beer or wine for on-premises consumption.
The state Department of Taxation and Finance's most recent report of alcohol and beer tax collections (which measures both on-premises consumption and retail sales) shows that revenues rose to $15.2 million this past August, from $14.4 million in August 2002.
In 1947, a state law was passed restricting the issuing of liquor licenses for on-premise consumption to one per 3,000 residents in each municipality.
CV: California is the biggest market by far, accounting for 20percentt of retail consumption, which doesn't include on-premise consumption, like at restaurants.
For the purposes of this paper licensed premises are considered those selling alcohol for on and or off premise consumption; examples include pubs, bars, nightclubs, hotels, off licenses, supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, cafes, takeaways, cinemas and social clubs.
Any of these methods can be chosen to populate the behaviour of a premise consumption individually, and can also be combined using weights to obtain a desired proportion of profile methods.
It can be considered as a mobile battery, which can be limited to recharge only, but is also able to discharge to support the premise consumption it is attached to, if needed.
The hours of sale for on-premises consumption are regulated by local ordinance, and closing times vary by town.
